Intermittent noise exposure and associated damage risk to hearing of chain saw operators.

Carpenter P; Schmidek M

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Intermittent noise exposure and associated damage risk to hearing of chain saw operators.

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1974/03/01
By Carpenter P ; Schmidek M ; Carpenter P ; ...

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Carpenter P ; Schmidek M ; Carpenter P ; Schmidek M
Description:

Measurements of intermittent noise and hearing test data from U.S. Forest Service employees, engaged as chain saw operators, are reported in terms of types of intermittent exposures, resultant temporary threshold shifts, and subsequent hearing recovery. Hazard risks are related to proposed standards for intermittent noise; and the manner of saw operation is found to effect hearing more than model or saw size. Temporary hearing threshold shifts indicate some small risk, though the threshold shift returns to normal by the following morning. [Description provided by NIOSH]
Subjects:

Ear Forestry Hearing Loss Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety Sense Organs Stress, Psychological
Keywords:

Audiometry Ear-disorders Environmental-stress Exposure-limits Forestry-workers Hearing-loss NIOSH-Author Noise-pollution Physiological-effects Sound-generators Sound-levels Tools
ISSN:

0002-8894
Document Type:

Text
Genre:

Journal Article ; Journal Article
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America ; North America
Pages in Document:

152-158
Volume:

35
Issue:

3
NIOSHTIC Number:

nn:00024128
Citation:

Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 1974 Mar; 35(3):152-158
Federal Fiscal Year:

1974
Peer Reviewed:

True
Source Full Name:

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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urn:sha-512:43c287568faac08e7239d62c981707a0b7019939325657bff204b6f1d2a7f1036598963567ea18eb936a3a9df3f1f1cd6b168ba680803bdd8b7993cf97b44662
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